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Voiced postalveolar fricative to Voiceless alveolar affricate

The voiced postalveolar affricate [dʒ] shifts to the voiceless alveolar affricate [ts], involving both devoicing and place change from postalveolar to alveolar. This complex sound change is attested in historical sound change and phonological variation, particularly in language contact and borrowing situations.

Phonetic Effects

Devoicing, Place Change

Language Examples

Slavic languages (historical) Slavic

[dʒ]→[ts]— Historical shift combining devoicing and place retraction from postalveolar to alveolar in Proto-Slavic evolution.

Polish (borrowing) Slavic

[dʒ]→[ts]— Adaptation of English [dʒ] to Polish [ts] in loanword phonological integration, reflecting native phonological inventory.

Russian (rapid speech) Slavic

[dʒ]→[ts]— Allophonic realization in rapid or casual speech where devoicing and place change occur together.

Related Transformations

Reverse: voicing and retracting

More Slavic Shifts

[a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [b] → [p] — Voice Loss [dʲ] → [dʒ] — Affrication [d] → [dʑ] — Palatalization [d] → [t] — Voice Loss

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